Razer is closing its game store after less than a year
Razer is one of the dominant brands in gaming when it comes to buying equipment to play, but one of its biggest efforts to own a...
China tells teachers to quit assigning homework through WeChat
China’s education authorities are about to take some burden off parents with school-aged children. A proposal posted last week by the Department of Education in China’s eastern...
GoCardless raises $75M Series E for its recurring payments network and heads to America
Compared to startups born into the frothy London fintech space as it exists today, 2011-founded GoCardless could well be considered a slow burner. However, in more...
Urban Outfitters is selling random VHS tapes for $40
Hope you’ve still kept some old VHS tapes lying around, because turns out they’re actually worth something. Urban Outfitters has rolled out its latest attempt to...
‘The Walking Dead’ peeks under the masks of the Whisperers
Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers for Season 9 Episode 10 of The Walking Dead. The Whisperers have proven themselves to be one of the most...
Etsy error resulted in large amounts being withdrawn from some sellers’ bank accounts and credit cards
An Etsy bill payment error resulted in large amounts of money being withdrawn from several sellers’ bank accounts and credit cards on Friday morning. While the company...
Opportunity Rover, New Gmail Features, and Death Speeds: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Space enthusiasts collectively mourned this week with the death of Opportunity, the Martian rover that chugged along making important scientific discoveries for far, far longer than...
Bill de Blasio Does Not Appear to Be Taking the Amazon HQ2 Breakup Well
Jeff Bezos yanked his would-be HQ2 campus this week in a show that Amazon simply couldn’t take the heat from New Yorkers who opposed the secretive...
Tokyo Is Testing a New System to Detect ‘Guerilla’ Rain and Tornadoes Up to 30 Minutes in Advance
Officials in Tokyo are testing a new technology that utilizes weather radar and terrestrial digital radio waves to “quickly and precisely predict torrential rain and tornadoes”...
Stop saying, “We take your privacy and security seriously”
In my years covering cybersecurity, there’s one variation of the same lie that floats above the rest. “We take your privacy and security seriously.” You might...
